Updates for Leap 15.4 #514
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They had an official policy, but unfortunately now everything about Leap and its future replacement is up in the air: For now they're committing to releasing a Leap 15.6 that would go EOL in 2025, so if you want you can count on it until then: So I would recommend moving away from openSUSE Leap and GeckoLinux Static, as the uncertainty factor is not a good fit for the sort of user that needs a predictable fixed-release enterprise OS. My suggested replacement for GeckoLinux Static is SpiralLinux. |
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Thanks for replying. I know that you develop both Gecko and Spiral, so you'd recommend Spiral even above Gecko Tumbleweed (which is also a rolling distro) then? |
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Thanks for replying. Like a lot of people who don't use Windows though I have plenty of room on my hard drive for several distros (I have a 500 GB drive), so it's not really a problem for me if SUSE stop updating Leap in the future; I'll just delete it and install something else instead. I think there will always be a place though for a distro that does what Leap does and that prioritises stability and reliability over always having to have the latest and the largest number of installable packages, and if Leap does go, I hope that something along the same lines will replace it. |
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A quick update Gecko Leap is still updating well; I have even managed to add to it (Neovim, an extended version of Vim). I'm looking forward to Leap 15.6 in the spring. Best wishes, CP . |
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I've just followed this set of instructions for upgrading Gecko from its base (on my system) of OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 to 15.5; https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade It was all slightly tedious to do but it worked smoothly and without a hitch. |
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I've just updated Gecko 15.4 Leap, which went well but it got me wondering about how much longer I'll be able to do this for now that OpenSUSE 15.5 is out.
Does SUSE have an official policy concerning how long it issues updates for, as for example Ubuntu and Debian do?
Thanks in advance,
CP .
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